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Carmella's Market |
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Thank you, Mayor Menino. |
Carmella's is a textbook Italian sub. It has everything you want including thinly sliced meats and cheeses, soft bread with a good crust, spicy hots, and tangy toppings. Yet the ratio of these ingredients are a bit off: too little meat, too many toppings. A few more slices of meat and cheese, and this sub moves into the 8-range easily. As you can see in the video, I had to digitally remove some of the excess toppings to really enjoy the essence of the sub. The sub and I both had our juices flowing, and this sub has the distinct, orange juice that all great Italians possess. In fact, the owner seems to expect this, and he brought me napkins as I ate. It was at this point he realized I was filming myself eat, which he likely did not expect. His face demonstrated a unique mixture of surprise and fear that one has upon realizing a customer is filming himself eat a sub, alone, at 3:00 PM on a Thursday.
Peep the orange juice -- the stuff dreams are made of. |
Although I had my doubts about the legitimacy of Carmella's, it is certainly an Italian market and deli with an excess of space and meat slicers. With all of the extra machinery, one would think they would throw some meat on that trick, but instead, the toppings dominate. The quality of ingredients and hospitality of staff is here, but the execution on the Italian falls just short. Though it is not a dream come true, it is still a good choice for a sub if you find yourself around Jeffries Point, mid-afternoon, on a Thursday.
Carmella's Market
86 Cottage Street
East Boston, MA 02128
7.0/10
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Next time you pick up a sub, send in your own one-bite review or recommendation to the Submarine Savages at subsandstuffbos@gmail.com and add/message us on Twitter (@subsandstuffbos), Instagram (@subsandstuffboston), and Facebook.
Looks a little soggy!!
ReplyDeleteIt did have a lot of juice, but the bread held up well. Not very soggy in the end.
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